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Sat 09 Sep 2007Parents urged to have child seats checkedParents across the country can have their child safety seats professionally checked and corrected free of charge in the coming week.The Road Safety Authority's most recent survey found 80 per cent of child car seats and restraints were improperly installed, and at least half of the restraints seen at 2005 Roadshow venues would have been entirely ineffective in a collision, according to RSA chief executive Noel Brett.